The Patriot Act can tell who is supporting terrorism by how Islamic their name is. Halliburton is way to Anglo-Saxon sounding to be breaking any laws.

A major government watchdog group is charging that Muslim charities are being shut down for supposedly backing terrorist causes, while giant firms like Halliburton are receiving the full protection of U.S. law for allegedly breaking government sanctions against doing business with Iran -- a country designated as a sponsor of terrorism.

"There is unequal enforcement of anti-terrorist financing laws," says the Washington-based non-profit OMB Watch.

The group says the USA Patriot Act gives the government "largely unchecked power to designate any group as a terrorist organisation". And once a charitable organisation is so designated, all of its materials and property may be seized and its assets frozen. The charity is unable to see the government's evidence and thus understand the basis for the charges.

I cannot get over how blatant Halliburton is in flaunting our laws. They act like a completely seperate branch of government that operates under it's own laws, answerable only to their board of directors. Under George Bush we have sold our country to the highest bidder.

Have you seen this little news story. If Bush stays in power much longer we may find ourselves pledging allegiance to Halliburton. Dick Cheney truly is the puppet master.